Brush rake



D. R. GARRETSON BRUSH RAKE Filed Jan. 5. 1928' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J ":10 72 Gav? Zsan.

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BRUSH RAKE Filed Jan. 5. 1928 a 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 1931 25-the drivers" seat of the truck;

nAvisf'a. Glenn-arson; on wfilirmm a;onmromrm V I improvements in 15 tend to gather the brush'or hay onto the'supe porting arms and to -hold it thereon so that the brush or hay will. not: drop off o'f'thesupporting ,arrns While being transported"from plaoe toplace.

jeot'ofthe inVention-is'to prof vide a bru'shjrakei of such a'construotion'as to bee'apable of beinginstalledupon a truck chassis; and having theparts soarranged that the mechanism may be operated-from With the ,foregoingand' ot heri objects in View which will be rna'de manifestin the following detailed description-and specifically pointed out in theappended olairnsyreferao ence is had-tofthe accompanyingdrawings for an" illustrative embodiment'bf the invention, whereinzf I j Figure 1 is a partial View of a truekfls'h'ow- 'ing the improved brush rake installed-there- V 35011, the-brush rake being shown inelevation and-in theposition' preparatory to -bei ng thrust into a pile or' w-inrow of brushior'-hay.

- FigQ Q, is'a'topplan view of the' same. j Fig. 3 is a View similar to Figure "1,'-*ill'u s- AOtrating the "brush rake in that posi ion,

he brush orh'ay is fleeing} transherein t 'ported. j I Fig. 4; is a View in eleVation--t'akenthe direction. of theyarrow 4 upon Figure 1.

45 Referring to the accompanyingdrawings wherein similar reference fchar'ac-t'ers' desi nate similar parts throughoufithe' improved brush rake is adapted tobe installed 11' 'on a truck 'chassisfithe rear wheels-of wh t: are

indies-ted at W, anamhe irame bei-ng -indi'cae i- Figure-3. *When in-the horizontal 'posi i the'ibrus'h on-the 'bars' 23 tends-Ito continue ed onwhich there rnaylbe ai driv ers I '{seat su pporting framaisgprovided, Consisting of two parallel-bars 1O and ll' -rar-v ir'anged on opposite sides of the frame F-s-an d extending jrearw'airdly" therefrom. f Adj ac'eht gr,

1 the forward endsof these "bars? a-transvrse shaft 12 is rotatably mounted in bearings 13 :on'tliei'rame; ,On the ends of'the's haftthere are pranks or: arms '14 and '15-1to' wljii ch links u l'i-arepivotally connected; The' links flG- an'd' 17 are a l'so-pivotally 'conneotedtofthe longitudinal bars 10 and 11'. The rear ends I 0-5 tl1-e two bars '10 and, 11 are oonne'cted by itwo cross'bars 18 and 19, and the-oros's bar l8r 'zis ahinfged'ly connected'as l by hinges 20' tom? tress bar-'21 suspended between uprights-T 22 mounted on' the' frame." -A 5 series of parallel --equally spaced supporting bars' '23 are'flpro- 'vided'whi ch'have their'out'er ends'prefer'ably I V "pointed to facilitatetheir beinggth'rustinto 3a 'pilesof "brush and hay. 'These ba'rs' have. their forward orinner en'ds rig-idly fastened 'togthe two'eross bars 181'a'nd19f On the shaft; a "12 there is a gear Q t'rnieshirig with 'a'igear 2'5 which is rotatably mounted upon the name 1 "The" gear 25- is adapted to 'be rotated byf n'i'eans of a a handle" OfflVGr "26, and whenitis rotated the supporting bars 23 Canfbe GaUse'd -to assurneia'downwardlyiand'rearwardly in- I -ol-ined position as shown-in Figure o an ap roximately horizontal position as shown 'ti'orr the cranks 14 and 15 will "have swung 'b'eyojnd the position a' short (listanoegwherein the'y were in alignment with the links 16*and 17f as shown uponFi-gure 3; and the upward push on: the links-exerted by the weight? of;-

the rotationpf the gears 24 and25 so thatfthe I; handle or lever'26 is swung into engagement with ftheffrjainei F, thus locking the gear 25 againstfurther rotationan'd causingtlie bars 23' to support the 'bru'sh.

It wi'll he understood that the fabove described is adapted to be backed into to a certain extent. A novel eon struetion is provided for: assistingi in the loading anjdifor maintaining the load on the .s'npport'mg bnr '25a 'This constructiom aasists ofitwo iorihu I as pile of'bru'sh-orIhay' so fas to be'self loading ward links 27 and 28 which are pivoted to the frame F and extend upwardly therefrom. A pair of rear links 29 and 30 which are somewhat longer than the forward links, are also pivoted to the frame. A pair of parallel bars 31 and 32 constituting a hold down bar or gathering arm supporting have their forward ends pivotally connected to the forward links 27 and 28 andare also pivotally connected to the links 29 and 30. These bars have their rear ends connected by means of a transverse shaft 33 on which there is rigidly fastened a crank or arm 34. The parallel bars 31 and 32, together with the transverse shaft 33 and one or more transverse braces 35, constitute aframe for the gathering mecha nism which is movably mounted by means of the links 27, 28, 29 and 30 upon the frame F.

.Rigidly mounted upon the shaft 33 adjacent the ends thereof, there are two gathering arms or hold down bars indicated at 36 and .37. These gathering arms or barshave their rear ends curved downwardly as indicated at 38 so that they are somewhat hook-shaped in form. They are approximately of the same length as the length of the supporting bars 40 adapted to engage the teeth on the quadrent 38 so that it may be locked in any adjusted position. A link 41 is pivotally connected to the lever and to the crank 34 so that upon swinging the lever 39 the crank 34 can be actuated, thereby causing the shaft 33 to rotate and to raise or lower the hook-shaped gathering arms 36 and 37 A link 42 is piv- Jotally connected to the quadrant 38 and is also pivotallyconnected to a hand lever 43 which is pivotally mounted upon a ratchet,

segment or quadrant 44 mounted on the frame The wheeled vehicle is backed up toward a pileor winrow of brush or hay, with the brushrake in the position shownin Figure 1. In this position the outer pointed ends of the supporting bars 23 are'approximately resting onthe ground so as to becapable of being thrust beneath the pile or winrow of brush or hay. When'the supporting bars have been thrust beneath the pile as far as possible, the operator then grasps the two hand levers 43 and 39, disengaging their respective pawls from their respective ratchet segments or quadrants. The hand lever 39 is first held against rotational movement, but the hand lever 43 is forced rearwardly, causing the hold down bar or gathering arm support provided by the parallel bars 31 and 32 to be moved rearwardly, carrying with it the gathering bars or arms 36 and 37. When in its rearmost position, the hand lever 39 can be moved rearwardly, allowing the hookshaped gathering arms or bars 36 or 37 to drop on to the brush. By pulling the hand lever 43 forwardly, the hold down bar or gathering arm support provided by the bars 31 and 32, together with the bars 36' and 3"! will be drawn forwardly over the ends of the supporting bars 23, pulling on to the supporting bars additional brush or hay. The gathering arms can be raised, moved rearwardly, allowed to fall, and then drawn forwardly several times if desired, to gather onto the supportii'ig bars 23 as big a load as possible. lVhen this is accomplished, the hand lever 26 is thrown rearwardly, raising the supporting bars 23 into the position shown in F igurezl. The lever is thrown rearwardly a suliicicnt distance so that the cranks 4 and15 will swing through the position wherein they are in alignment with the links 16 and 17, so that the supporting bars will be maintained in the horizontal position as previously explained. When in this position, the pawls on the hand levers 39 and 43 are preferably released, and these hand levers are locked in such a position that the gathering arms 36 and 37 press downwardly on top of the load, serving as hold-down bars which hold the load in place while it is being trans ported.

From the above described construction it will be appreciated that a novel brush rake is provided having a plurality of parallel supporting bars adapted to be thrust into a pile of brush, and that in addition thereto, means is provided for assisting in gatheringa load onto the supporting bars, which means serves to hold the load in place while being transported.

With the brush rake in the position of Fig. 1 the truck is backed toward the piles or winrow until the surface of the rake is loaded back to the truck frame and many times as high as gathering bars or arms 36 and 37. Various changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim;

1. A brush rake comprising a wheeled vehicle, a plurality of approximately horizontal bars adapted to be thrust into a pile of brush, and a plurality of hold-down bars arranged above said bars, and separate means for moving said hold-down bars toward the first mentioned bars to hold brush thereon, said hold-down bars having their ends 7 curved in a hook-shaped manner.

' 2. A brush, rake comprising a wheeled vehicle, a plurality of parallel approximately horizontal bars pivotally mounted upon said vehicle, separate means for moving said bars causingthem to assume either a horizontal or a downwardly inclined position in which 'positionthey are adapted to be thrust into a pile of brush, and means carried by the vehicle adapted to be moved from the outer f inwardly to pull brush onto ends of the bars said bars. .o

I 3. A brush rake comprising a wheeledve hicle, a plurality of approximately horizon tal bars mounted upon the vehicle adapted to be thrust into a pile of brush, gathering- ;neans, links pivotallyconnected to the vehicle and to thegathering means, and sep-' arate means for moving said gathering bars to pull brush onto them. 1

means outwardly and inwardly adjacent the 4:. A brush rake comprising a wheeled vehicle, a plurality of approximately hori-' zontal bars mounted upon the vehicle adapted to be thrust into a pile of brush, gatherlng means,links pivotally connected to the vehicle and tothe gathering means,

and separate means for moving said gathering means outwardly and inwardly adjacent" the bars to pull brushonto them, said gather- I ing meansbeing formed of sections pivotally connected to each other, the outer sections 1 having hook-shaped ends.

Y '5. A brush rake comprlsing a wheeled ve- I hicle, a plurality of approximately horizon 7 Adevice of the class described, 00mins ing a wheeled vehicle, means "providing a "support on the vehicle, a gathering arm sup:

port movably' mounted upon the vehicle,

gathering armspivotally mounted upon thegathering arm support, means for ralsmg and lowering the gathering arms, and means for moving .the gathering arm support backwardly and forwardly upon the vehicle.

7 8. A brush rake comprising a frame, a. 'Eplurality of approximately horizontal bars mounted uponsaid frame, a hold down bar structure, and'means for raising mg the hold-down bars,

-9; A brush rake comprising a frame, a plurality of approximately horizontal bars mounted uponsaid frame, a -hold-down bar supporting structure, links pivotally con-f nected to the supporting structure and to; the frame, means for moving the supporting structure back. and .forth, hold-down bars pivotally mounted; upon the supporting structure and means'for raisin andlower-l 7 D Y in g the hold-down bars, and means for look- ,ing the hold-down bars in any adjusted position. 7

v In testimony whereof 'I- have: signed my? name to this specification.

I DAVIS ta l bars IIlOllIltQCl'JlPOIl the vehicle, a gather I y ing arm support, links pivotally connected 7 to 'the gathering arm support and tovthe ve- I hide, gathering arms having downwardly extending ends pivoted upon the support, a l

lever on the support,meansconnecting the gathering arms to the lever so as to be capar ble of being raised and lowered thereby, means for holding the leverin adjusted position, and means for holding the frame in adjusted position. V 6. A brush rake comprising a wheeled vehicle, a plurality of approximately. horizontal barsmounted upon the vehicle, agathering arm support, links pivotally connected to the gathering arm support and to the ve} H hicle, gathering arms having downwardly extending ends pivoted upon thegathering arm support, a lever on the gathering arm I support, means connecting the gathering arms to thelever so as to be capable of being raised and lowered thereby, means for holdingthe lever in adjusted position, and means for holding the gathering armv supportin adjusted position, the first mentioned bars I being pivotally mountedupon the vehicle,

and means for raising and lowering the bars and holding them in raised position.

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